Robin Lynn Smith

Associate Professor

Acting

RLSmith@Cornish.edu

Robin has worked for over 20 years as an actor, director and teacher in Chicago, Boston, New York and Seattle. In New York, she directed Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre. As artist-in-residence with Seattle Repertory Theatre, she helped to develop their outreach program and directed several productions, including Marvin’s Room, Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire de Lune and City of Gold. She has also directed in Seattle at The Empty Space, New City, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Intiman Theatre, where she is an affiliate artist and directs the Living History touring program. Robin is a co-founder and studio director at Freehold Theatre Lab in Seattle, where she also teaches and directs. She has also taught at New York University’s Graduate Acting Program, the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program, the University of Puget Sound and Bellevue Community College. She holds a BFA in acting from Boston University and an MFA in directing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and she is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.